[ as he makes his way back to his seat, chang geng's smile ticks up in a way that clearly says i know, right? at this great insult that's been given to him. but there are... a lot of complicated feelings right now, between him and those involved in the mission. he's been spending the past few weeks wondering if everything that he's known, for years of his life, has actually been a lie, and if anything was ever real between him and the "shen brothers."
(he's less mad at shen yi than he is the acclaimed gu yun. he'll get over it, eventually, but it stings right now. it's too personal.) ]
I can't imagine the gossip at school right now, with both of us suddenly gone.
[ "scandal," probably, is the main read on all of this. in a way it's true, though not in the way he bets their young adult minds are running rampant with. but there's quite a bit of scandal attached to both of their cases, from what he understands - in different ways, but still there - and once their discovery hits the mainstream news...
they're not going to know any peace. he misses school already. ]
My, ah, eldest half brother is slated to take the throne soon. He has sons of his own, and we have another living brother older than me in the naval forces. The likelihood of me being crown prince is abysmal, so if I can spend my time returning to my studies once this entire fiasco is over, then I will. I've no interest in playing at being yet another court puppet.
[ none of their babysitters are around to chastise him or tell him to hold his tongue, so he doesn't. at least chang geng's not saying his thought of let them rot in response to treating pleading members of royalty. ]
no subject
(he's less mad at shen yi than he is the acclaimed gu yun. he'll get over it, eventually, but it stings right now. it's too personal.) ]
I can't imagine the gossip at school right now, with both of us suddenly gone.
[ "scandal," probably, is the main read on all of this. in a way it's true, though not in the way he bets their young adult minds are running rampant with. but there's quite a bit of scandal attached to both of their cases, from what he understands - in different ways, but still there - and once their discovery hits the mainstream news...
they're not going to know any peace. he misses school already. ]
My, ah, eldest half brother is slated to take the throne soon. He has sons of his own, and we have another living brother older than me in the naval forces. The likelihood of me being crown prince is abysmal, so if I can spend my time returning to my studies once this entire fiasco is over, then I will. I've no interest in playing at being yet another court puppet.
[ none of their babysitters are around to chastise him or tell him to hold his tongue, so he doesn't. at least chang geng's not saying his thought of let them rot in response to treating pleading members of royalty. ]